Shantina Smiley and Azriel Carver Disappearance

Shantina Smiley and her 8-year-old son Azriel Carver were headed from Silverdale to Castle Rock on Saturday, but the two never arrived. These photos show the places she reportedly stopped at near Olympia: a convenience store and a diner. On Sunday, the van was found partially submerged on a beach at the end of a narrow road north of Olympia.

Shantina Smiley and Azriel Carter.

Shantina Smiley

Azriel Carver

Shantina Smiley and her son Azriel Carver, who both were reported missing March 13.

Shantina “Kat” Smiley of Silverdale and her son, Azriel Carver are seen entering the Handy Pantry convenience store near Olympia on Saturday night in this image captured from surveillance tape supplied by the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.

Shantina “Kat” Smiley of Silverdale is seen entering the Handy Pantry convenience store near Olympia on Saturday night in this image captured from surveillance tape supplied by the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.

Shantina Smiley and her son Azriel Carver, 8, were seen at the Martin Way Diner in Olympia. Employees there tell investigators that the two came in about 9 p.m. Saturday, and bought a corn dog. They left before being served, and an employee tells investigators the woman fell in the parking lot. (Photo by Robert Dashiell)

Off Zangle Road NE in North Olympia is a narrow gravel road leading to the beach where the van Shantina Smiley had been driving was found. The entrance to that gravel road is marked by a red arrow. (Photo courtesy of reader Robert Dashiell)

This is near the end of the beach access road where the van Shantina Smiley was driving was found. At the end of this graveled road is a very sharp drop-off to the right. The red dot marks the approximate location of the vehicle, which was removed by investigators Sunday. The waterway to the left leads to Boston Harbor. (Photo courtesy of Robert Dashiell)

The next morning someone discovered the van stuck in the mud on a beach north of Olympia. The red dot marks the approximate location where the van was found. (Photo courtesy of Robert Dashiell)

Members of the Thurston County Sheriff's Department dive team search for Shantina Smiley of Silverdale on Monday in Olympia. Smiley and her son, Azriel Carver, 8, were reported missing Sunday. (Steve Bloom | The Olympian)

Thurston County Sheriff's detectives Rod Gray and Tim Arnold along with Sgt. Ken Clark collect evidence Tuesday in Tumwater,Wash. from the van of Shantina Smiley, which was found on a beach near Zangle Road Sunday, with no trace of Smiley or her eight year-old son Azriel Carver. (Steve Bloom | The Olympian)

Jay Carver, right, is comforted by a chaplain near the scene where the body of his son, 8-year-old Azriel, was found on Thursday. Azriel and his mother, Shantina Smiley, 29, went missing Saturday night, and Smiley still has not been found. (MEEGAN M. REID | KITSAP SUN)